Have You Ever Wondered Why Thoughts Recur?
It's never just once. That doesn't make sense. Experiencing a thought once makes sense.
I think it's because our minds want to show us that we can look at things from different vantage points. This is how you saw it five minutes ago, and this is how you see it now.
Moving from 100% Trust
In all discussions about consciousness, the brain, and the body, one theme reoccurs: relationships. I see a lot of people—and I used to do this too—who build unhealthy relationships with things. I don’t mean this in a judgmental way; it's part of learning. But it's important to realize that it's a levels game.
Let's say I build a relationship with food that is based on calories. Theoretically, this makes perfect sense. If I need 3,000 calories a day, I can just eat that, right? Now you're going to run into some problems.
The first one is that by eating 3,000 calories a day, you are wrong 100% of the time. There is literally no day that you need exactly 3,000 calories. One day you might need 4,000 calories; another day, 2,000. This is very important in the way you get through a day. One approach comes from a restrictive mindset; the other comes from, "We'll see how the day unfolds." It's a vibe thing.
The second problem is that the relationship with food can become very one-dimensional. The number of calories should be one of the least important things about what you eat. It's almost something you shouldn't want to know, except in extreme cases—for example, when you have no clue how many calories are in M&Ms.
Relationships like this often occur with dark thoughts too. It's easy to push away dark thoughts and feelings. But that can also become an unhealthy relationship that you build with those thoughts.
Or this one: "I don't feel good, so I need to eat less and work out more." Thoughts like this happen so fast that you almost miss them when they occur.
A brain-body connection should, in the long term, be a trustworthy one. If you mess with your health too much over time, your brain can start giving you paranoia, and you begin thinking you're being chased by helicopters.